Biography Philomena Blees, JD, is CEO and co-founder of Peace Through Commerce and a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She is also host of two live-streamed, award-winning shows: The Matrix of Peace and The Creative Life. In law, Philomena was number one in her first year class, graduated in the … [Read more...] about Philomena Blees
Nathaniel T. Noda ’09
Biography Nat Noda joined the William S. Richardson School of Law staff in 2025 as Special Assistant to the Dean. A proud Richardson alumnus, as a student he was casenote editor of the University of Hawaiʻi Law Review, teaching assistant for the Legal Writing Program, research assistant for the … [Read more...] about Nathaniel T. Noda ’09
Isaac Moriwake
Biography Isaac Moriwake is the Managing Attorney of the Mid-Pacific Office of Earthjustice, a non-profit, public-interest law firm working on environmental and energy cases across the nation, with almost 40 years of serving the community in Hawai‘i and the greater Pacific. His legal practice of … [Read more...] about Isaac Moriwake
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Rebecca Houlding
Biography Rebecca Houlding is a partner at Friedman & Houlding LLP. She represents victims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in employment and education, in federal and state courts, and in mediation and arbitration. Ms. Houlding has been practicing employment law since 1996. … [Read more...] about Rebecca Houlding
Ashley Kaono ’20
Biography Ashley serves as a Staff Attorney at the Medical Legal Partnership for Children in Hawai‘i representing clients across a variety of legal matters including consumer protections, disability rights, housing, family law, and public benefits. Ashley is also a graduate of the William S. … [Read more...] about Ashley Kaono ’20